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holoX MEETing!
Cover of the first tankōbon volume
ホロックスみーてぃんぐ！
(Horokkusu Mitingu!)
GenreComedy,[1] slice of life[2]
Created byCover Corporation
Manga
Written byOmcurry G. K.
Illustrated byAnmitsu Okada
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
Original runNovember 1, 2022 – July 18, 2023
Volumes2

HoloX Meeting, stylized as holoX MEETing! (Japanese: ホロックスみーてぃんぐ！, Hepburn: Horokkusu Mitingu!), is a Japanese manga series written by Omcurry G. K., based on a story by Cover Corporation, and illustrated by Anmitsu Okada. It is a fictional origin story of Hololive's sixth generation, Secret Society HoloX. The manga was serialized on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ from November 2022 to July 2023, with its chapters collected in two tankōbon volumes.

Plot

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HoloX Meeting is a fictional origin story of Hololive's sixth generation, Secret Society HoloX. The group debuted in November 2021 and consists of five VTubers: Sakamata Chloe, La+ Darknesss [jp], Takane Lui [jp], Hakui Koyori [jp], and Kazama Iroha [jp].[3] Its first volume is centered from Sakamata's perspective, spends its early chapters introducing each member, and does not have a central plot, instead focusing on the relationship between characters.[1][2] The second volume focuses on the interactions between characters in various situations.[4] The series includes numerous references and callbacks to each HoloX member's livestreams.[1] Its final chapter features an omake section and interviews with each VTuber.[4] Its publisher billed the series as being a cute and energetic comedy.[5]

Sakamata, an uncleanly and unemployed aspiring singer, is hired as the cleaner for HoloX, a secret society intent on world domination; Sakamata does not know if she is a cleaner in the janitorial sense or in the organized crime sense. She eventually concludes that her job is to cleanup the worries of HoloX. Sakamata stays at its secret hideout, meeting and becoming friends with the other members of HoloX: Darknesss, its childish founder; Takane, its executive; Hakui, its researcher; and Kazama, its bodyguard. The group's goal of world domination originates with Darknesss, who does not know what it means, and the other members take it to mean making Darknesss happy or furthering the influence of HoloX. HoloX enters and wins a music competition, with Sakamata conquering her stage fright by wearing a mask. After their performance is criticized online, HoloX performs a free concert in a local park to prove their ability, which makes them popular. To further their plans for world domination, the group goes fishing, makes Darknesss some friends, collaborates with a toy company, works at a maid café, goes undercover at a high school, and locates a lost bag. After being discovered by Friend A, an event planner for Hololive, the group draws up a plan to defeat Hololive, its rival for world domination, before instead deciding to audition for the company, successfully joining it.

Publication

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The manga was written by Omcurry G. K., who works for Weekly Shōnen Jump, and its story was created by Cover Corporation, the corporate parent of Hololive Production. It was illustrated by Anmitsu Okada.[5] The manga was launched on Shueisha's digital service Shōnen Jump+ on November 1, 2022. It was also launched in the December issue of Shuiesha's seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump, which was published on November 17. The manga's final chapter was published on Shōnen Jump+ on July 18, 2023. In Ultra Jump, which was one chapter behind Shōnen Jump+, the last chapter was published on August 19, its September issue.[6]

HoloX Meeting was compiled into two tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 4, 2023.[6] The second volume was released on September 4, 2023; to commemorate the occasion, HoloX voiced over a portion of the manga on Jump's YouTube channel.[7] English translations of the two volumes were released outside of Japan by Yen Press in 2024. They were translated by Jenny McKeon and lettered by Adnazeer Macalangcom.[1]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1April 4, 2023[8]978-4-08-883537-2February 20, 2024[9]978-1-9753-9152-2
2September 4, 2023[10]978-4-08-883542-6October 15, 2024[11]979-8-8554-0359-6

Reception

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Jenni Lada of Siliconera, while reviewing the first volume, felt that the series aided in understanding the lore and persona of HoloX members and supported its decision to base itself on that prior context.[2] She appreciated the omake content in the second volume in particular.[4] She said that the series was still an enjoyable read for readers with no prior knowledge of HoloX.[2] However, Lada would later say that prior familiarity with HoloX was needed more so for HoloX Meeting when compared with other Hololive mangas.[12] Bolts of Anime News Network, reviewing the first volume and declaring little familiarity with HoloX, said they enjoyed it and imagined HoloX fans greatly enjoying it, calling it a "must-buy" for them while also recommending it to unfamiliar readers who want "a fast-paced, cute comedy". Bolts felt that the references were not padding out the manga and did not impede its enjoyability. Bolts supported the decision to focus the first volume on Sakamata, saying her "every-man" persona allowed readers to identify with her. They said that, despite HoloX Meeting essentially being a Hololive advertorial, it did not feel like one.[1]

Lada felt that the series was not just a comedy series, but was also a slice of life series.[2][4] She described portions of its first volume as "getting silly and ridiculous" while remaining "very genuine and joyful".[2] Lada felt the manga was an engaging origin story and attributed her enjoyment of it to the preestablished personalities and background of the characters.[4] She felt that the characters were both accurate to their official personas and the actual personality of the VTubers.[2] Bolts described the humor of the first volume as being a good balance between wholesome and nonsensical, calling the manga's comedy one of its main selling points. Bolts praised the facial expressions of characters and felt that their designs had translated to print well, but said that the panel's were cluttered, which they said was especially felt when not in the group's messy hideout.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Bolts (February 24, 2024). "holoX MEETing! Volume 1 Manga Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Lada, Jenni (February 25, 2024). "HoloX Meeting Manga Is Great at Establishing Hololive Vtubers Lore". Siliconera. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  3. ^ Baillet, Petrit (October 1, 2022). "hololive's 6th Generation is Getting a Manga Series". Anime Trending. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e Lada, Jenni (November 2, 2024). "HoloX Meeting Manga Lets Us Savor Hololive Vtubers Successes". Siliconera. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  5. ^ a b Onda, Yuta. "ホロライブ6期生「秘密結社holoX」の誕生秘話が漫画化　ジャンプ＋で連載開始". KAI-YOU (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 9, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  6. ^ a b Cayayan, Joanna (June 23, 2023). "Anmitsu Okada's holoX MEETing! Manga Ends on Shonen Jump+ on July 18". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  7. ^ "「ホロックスみーてぃんぐ！」本人が演じるボイスコミック公開【VTuberデイリーニュース2023 9/4号】". MoguLive (in Japanese). September 5, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  8. ^ "ホロックスみーてぃんぐ！ ～holoX MEETing!～ 上". Zebrack (in Japanese). Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  9. ^ "holoX MEETing!, Vol. 1 | Yen Press". yenpress.com. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  10. ^ "ホロックスみーてぃんぐ！ ～holoX MEETing!～ 下". Zebrack (in Japanese). Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  11. ^ "holoX MEETing!, Vol. 2 | Yen Press". yenpress.com. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
  12. ^ Lada, Jenni (September 13, 2025). "Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia Is Fun Even Without Context". Siliconera. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
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